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  Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, CyberMedia

What does the Indian telecom ecosystem (operators, equipment and solution vendors, apps players, policy makers and regulator) need to focus on in the next 12 months in the wake of the data wave, the consolidation, and the user's changing profile and requirements

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  Dr Rajat Kathuria, CEO & Director, ICRIER (*)

How will todays' consumer look like 5 years from now, and how emerging technologies like are digital, AI & VR are going to be leveraged to cater to the evolving customer needs.

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  Harmeen Mehta, Group CIO, Bharti Airtel

How does the telecom sector and eco-system need to align itself for meetings demands of a diverse, growing, quality and cost conscious, data driven, and highly competitive market?

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  RS Sharma, Chairman, TRAI (*)

What will be the requirements and challenges in building and rolling out networks that will cater to the new generation digital citizens as operators move from 3G to 4G/LTE to now 5G and IoT – at work and at play. What technologies and innovations will ensure that these networks are robust, agile, and flexible; and networks that allow users more power to customize.

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  Balesh Sharma, CEO, Vodafone Idea
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  Gopal Vittal, CEO & MD, Airtel (India & South Asia)(*)

The power of a next generation digital network that allow users more power to customize (at work & play)

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  Anupam Shrivastava, CMD, BSNL(*)
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  Mathew Oommen, President, RJio (*)

Secure Networks for Work & Play
How will operators ensure that their networks are safe & secure for the digital Indian, as a big chunk of her daily work and life activities will have a digital touchpoint. With so many types of networks co-existing, with connected gadgets, homes, and automobiles, and apps & OOT on top of this all, what is the way forward for data security and privacy to be paramount.

Why a high-quality high capacity fiber optic national level network will be critical for the digital infrastructure of the country - for operators, governments, enterprises and consumers to be able to offer and experience services (govt, health, entertainment, retail, education etc) at the work place as well as home

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  Akhil Gupta, Chairman, Bharti Infratel

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  TV Ramachandran, President, BIF
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  Abhay Savargaonkar, ex-CTO, Airtel
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  Bimal Dayal, CEO, Indus Towers (*)
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  Puneet Chawla, CMD, Railtel(*)

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  TR Dua, DG, TAIPA
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  Ashutosh Vasant, Director (POM), Railtel
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  Sridhar Krish, COO, Tikona Telecom*
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  Kapil Ahuja, CEO (North), Rjio*
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  Sudhir Narang, MD, BT India *
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  Lt. Gen. Dr. S P Kochhar, CEO, TSSC *
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  Vipin Tyagi, ED, CDoT *
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  S.K Gupta, Secretary, TRAI *
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  Krishna K, CTO, Hughes Communications *
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  Neeta Verma, DG, NIC *
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  Seshagiri Rao, CMD, TCIL *
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  Anil Jain, CGM-NGN, BSNL *

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  Rajan Mathews, DG, COAI(*)

How telco networks will radically evolve in the face of open systems, 5G transition, changing digital native profiles and demands, and increasing partner collaboration.

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  Ashwani Khillan, COO, ATC
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  Shyam Mardikar, CTO, Rjio(*)
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  Vishant Vora, CTO, Vodafone Idea (*)
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  Harmeen Mehta, Group CIO, Airtel(*)

How smartphones will be the gamechanger? How handset technologies, manufacturers & operators need to work together to make smartphones that can leverage the new network in terms of apps, services, and information to truly help bridge the digital divide

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  Josh Foulger, MD, Foxconn India (*)
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  Ajey Mehta, MD, HMD Global(*)
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  Sandeep Sekhon, CTO, Airtel(*)

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  Aruna Sundararajan, Secy, DoT(*)